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INVITATION TO MOU SIGNING CEREMONY BETWEEN MTDC, PROTELLUS (M) SDN BHD AND KOLEJ UNITI SDN BHD
Monday 22/10/2018
Members of the media are cordially invited to MoU Signing Ceremony Between MTDC, Protellus (M) Sdn Bhd and Kolej UNITI Sdn Bhd (Microcredit Program). The event will be held on the following:
Day/Date : Wednesday 24 October 2018
Time : 9.30 am – 11.30 am
Venue : MTDC HQ, Ground Floor, Menara Yayasan Tun Razak, Jalan Bukit Bintang, KL
PROGRAMME
9.30 am : Arrival of Guests
10.00 am : Doa Recital
10.05 am : Opening remarks by YBhg. Dato' Norhalim Yunus, Chief Executive Officer of MTDC
10.20 am : MoU Signing Ceremony
: Group photo
10.45 am : Press Conference
11.30 am : End of program
Program Background
The collaboration will establish a working partnership between MTDC, Protellus (M) Sdn Bhd and Kolej UNITI Sdn Bhd as capacity building platforms that nurture entrepreneurial individual or students from participating institutions. It also to promote and support technopreneurship endeavours among students of Kolej UNITI by providing the Facility coupled with a structured Accelerator Programme to accelerate their businesses. The graduates from this program are potential deal flows to other MTDC funding programs or similar institutions.
About MTDC
MTDC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad and has been the key player in commercialisation and management of government funding since the 7th Malaysia Plan.
The company was set-up in 1992 to promote the adoption of technologies by local companies via commercialisation of local R&D or acquisition of foreign technologies. Since then, MTDC has been a key player in commercialisation and management of Government funds. Currently, MTDC manages six funds amounting to RM 1.8 billion, specifically the Commercialisation of R&D Fund (CRDF), Technology Acquisition Fund (TAF), Halal Fund, Business Start-Up Fund (BSF), Business Growth Fund (BGF) and Business Expansion Fund (BEF).
Besides fund management, MTDC also provides an integrated support services for technopreneurs which includes advisory services such as mentoring, soft-landing, branding, fund raising, international collaboration and networking. MTDC’s commercialisation ecosystem has provided funding and assistance to over 500 technology-based companies that are involved in a wide range of activities ranging from the agricultural sector to ICT.
In the 9th Malaysia Plan (9MP) and 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) alone, companies that were recipients of MTDC’s Commercialisation of Research and Development Fund (CRDF) and Technology Acquisition Fund (TAF) generated a total of RM1.974 billion in sales and contributed towards the creation of 5,261 new jobs and a total of 465 Intellectual Property Rights were filed.
You are cordially invited to send a reporter and photographer/cameraman to cover the event.
SOURCE : Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC)
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name : Alvirah Mohd Natt
Vice President, Corporate Communications Department
Tel : 017 212 2802
Email : alvirah@mtdc.com.my
Name : Sharus Shavek Sharudin
Associate, Corporate Communications Department
Tel : 012 358 4181
Email : sharusshavek@mtdc.com.my
-BERNAMA
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